ASCE Honors Five with 2017 OPAL Awards

The Society’s annual Outstanding Projects And Leaders awards are among the highest tributes a civil engineer can achieve.

The OPAL goes beyond recognizing single accomplishments to honor its recipients for successful careers demonstrating leadership and achievement. The five annual winners have been chosen for their success in construction, design, education, government, or management.

• In education, Bruce R. Ellingwood, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, NAE, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University – for professors and deans whose careers are marked by achievements that direct or change the course of engineering education

• In government, Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, former Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, now head of the Environment Sector, Intexon – for civil engineers at work on public service construction projects or those who direct and oversee large government projects